Kelly Griffin — a teacher from Brookhaven, Mississippi
Ben Henry-Moreland — a financial planner from Omaha, Nebraska
Jordan Nussbaum — a lawyer from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | $3,800 | $6,400 | $11,600 |
$6,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ben | $800 | $3,800 | $7,800 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
15 R, 4 W |
| Kelly | $1,200 | $2,200 | $8,200 |
$16,200
New champion: $16,200 |
$6,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT FOR YOU | BOATING WORDS | IN THE BOOKSTORE | "PO"POURRI | KUWAIT, KUWAIT | DON'T TELL ME |
|
$200
[12]
Before becoming Speaker of the House, he wrote speeches for Jack Kemp & was legislative dir. for Sam Brownback
Paul Ryan
Jordan
|
$200
[26]
A metal fitting to which a boat can be fastened, it sounds like a single football shoe
a cleat
Ben
|
$200
[7]
You can buy the original story of this kids' book bear or his "pop-up London"
Paddington Bear
Jordan
|
$200
[6]
4-letter shortened form of a word for a world's fair
an expo
Ben
Kelly
|
$200
[1]
Iraq first asserted a claim to Kuwait in 1938, the same year this was discovered in Burgan
oil
Kelly
|
$200
[16]
Malcolm, there's a reason Cole can see you in this 1999 film, & you're not gonna like it
The Sixth Sense
Jordan
|
|
$400
[15]
This document ends, "We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor"
the Declaration of Independence
|
$400
[27]
Halyards & sheets are these used in different ways to control sails
ropes
Ben
|
$400
[8]
His "Notebook" must be full of romantic novels, giving us "See Me" in 2015 & "Two by Two" in 2016
(Nicholas) Sparks
Ben
|
$400
[9]
Boiled breakfast cereal
porridge
Kelly
|
$400
[2]
The 1990 Gulf War disturbed the desert surface layer, leading to a big increase in these wind-blown deposits
sand dunes
Kelly
|
$400
[17]
Yes, Taylor, that's Lady Liberty sticking up out of the sand in this 1968 camp classic
Planet of the Apes
Jordan
|
|
$600
[22]
About half the states have elections for the top level of this branch of government
the judiciary
Jordan
|
$600
[28]
Perhaps from Spanish for "to pitch", it's when a boat turns on its side or completely tips over
capsize
Ben
|
$600
[10]
"The Mercury Visions of"this French photography pioneer is a tale of his quest to take 10 final photos
Daguerre
Jordan
|
$600
[11]
A ruler who wields great power, it's from the Latin for "power"
a potentate
Jordan
Ben
|
$600
[3]
Kuwaitis are a minority in Kuwait; 2/3 of the pop. is foreign workers, mostly from the southern part of this continent
Asia
Jordan
|
$600
[18]
Sorry, Farrier old chap, but that Spitfire won't have enough petrol to get you back to Blighty in this 2017 film
Dunkirk
Jordan
|
|
$800
[23]
Millard Fillmore Caldwell, William Sherman Jennings & Napoleon Bonaparte Broward governed this state
Florida
Ben
|
$800
[29]
The rudder steers a boat & this lever moves the rudder
a tiller
Ben
|
$800
[21]
In DeLisle, Miss. Jesmyn Ward endured this 2005 event that looms over her "Salvage the Bones" & "Sing, Unburied, Sing"
Hurricane Katrina
Jordan
|
$800
[13]
Thisfish dish that's everywhere in Hawaii is pronounced with 2 syllables
poke
Jordan
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Kuwait is one of these jurisdictions, from Arabic for "commander"
an emirate
Jordan
|
$800
[19]
Too bad, Heather, but Michael kicked the map into the creek, & you & your handheld camera are in for worse in this 1999 film
The Blair Witch Project
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[24]
2 people claimed to be the acting director of the CFPB, this, in 2017--turns out, Mick Mulvaney was more correct
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Ben
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
"Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris continues the tales about the telepathic waitress with this first name
Sookie
Kelly
|
$1,000
[14]
This Nazi organization was Germany's first national police force
the Gestapo
Jordan
|
$1,000
[5]
Before desalination plants, Kuwaitis imported water or drew it from these wells named for a French province
artesian wells
|
$1,000
[20]
Sergeant Howie, you've got an appointment with the title pagan fella in this 1973 horror classic
The Wicker Man
|
| THAT TITLE IS SO CLICHÉ | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | ADVERBS | GONE A YEAR ALREADY | SCIENCE STUFF | "M"YTHOLOGY |
|
$400
[15]
In the NBC reality show "Better Late Than" this, William Shatner & Henry Winkler join others on adventures
never
Jordan
|
$800
[2]
In 1780 Sir Henry Clinton refused to give up this man in return for the captured John Andre
Benedict Arnold
Ben
|
$400
[26]
In military drill the basic command to start advancing from a halt is this, "march"
forward
Kelly
|
$400
[6]
While writing for this magazine, Frank Deford was named Sportswriter of the Year 6 times
Sports Illustrated
Ben
|
$400
[13]
In the 18th century Jan Ingenhousz figured out this process in which green plants transform light into energy
photosynthesis
Ben
|
$400
[7]
Be quick & name this Roman god, seenherein an 18th-century fresco
Mercury
Jordan
|
|
$800
[16]
Now with an epic beard, this talk show host returns to TV with "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction" on Netflix
(David) Letterman
Kelly
|
$1,200
[3]
Also a senator from this state, Thomas Sumter was the last living general officer from the revolution
South Carolina
Ben
|
$800
[27]
In the 1800s people started to care about spelling & some began saying the silent "T" in this synonym for "frequently"
often
Jordan
|
$800
[8]
He brought great cinema & great class to viewers for 23 years as a host on Turner Classic Movies
Robert Osborne
|
$800
[17]
The medusa, the bell-shaped body of this tentacled sea drifter, can be made of up to 95% water
a jellyfish
Ben
|
$800
[12]
One of his magic tricks was the construction of Stonehenge (in a single night!)
Merlin
Kelly
|
|
$1,200
[23]
The musical "Head Over Heels" features the music of this all-female band
The Go-Go's
|
$1,600
[4]
These European soldiers were offered 50 acres, a cow & 2 pigs to desert & fight for America
Hessians
Jordan
|
$1,200
[28]
ODTs are pills that can be taken without water; DT is disintegrating tablets & O is for this adverb
orally
Jordan
Ben
|
$1,600
[10]
This Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was known for songs like "Whipping Post" & "Ramblin' Man"
(Gregg) Allman
Jordan
|
$1,200
[18]
Jupiter has its Great Red Spot; this planet has a Great White Spot, seen at 30-year intervals
Saturn
Jordan
Ben
Kelly
|
$1,200
[14]
How smart! This Roman goddess of wisdom graces California's state seal
Minerva
Jordan
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Oddly, the 2016 sequel to this 2013 Woody Harrelson movie about magicians isn't called "Now You Don't"
Now You See Me
Jordan
Ben
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
General Thomas Gage, military governor of this colony, gave the orders that started the war in 1775
Massachusetts
Kelly
|
$1,600
[29]
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women ____ players"
merely
Kelly
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
The co-host of "Morning Joe" called this national security adviser an "inspiring, loving & devoted father"
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Jordan
|
$1,600
[19]
The collapse of the top of a volcano's cone often forms this bowl-shaped depression in a volcano
a caldera
Kelly
|
$1,600
[21]
This sorceress was the daughter of the king of Colchis
Medea
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Songs from this pop star's 2013 album "Prism" include "Walking On Air", "It Takes Two" & "Choose Your Battles"
Katy Perry
|
$2,000
[5]
Not Lafayette but this French general brought his soldiers & maybe rocks, paper & scissors to Yorktown
Rochambeau
Jordan
|
$2,000
[30]
This compound adverb means "starting now"; as a noun, it can refer to the world to come
hereafter
|
$2,000
[11]
Germany's longest-serving chancellor since Bismarck, he was a driving force behind the creation of the euro
Helmut Kohl
Ben
|
$2,000
[20]
When this organ is embryonic, specialized tubules empty into Wolffian ducts
the kidney
|
$2,000
[22]
In Norse myth, it's the 7-letter name for where the mere mortals lived
Midgard
|
Though it doesn't have "island" in its name, it's named after a European island
New Jersey